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DOUBTLESS HUT

14/4/2022

 
Lake Sumner Forest Park, Canterbury – March 2022
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doubtless hut
​Lake Sumner Forest Park straddles the Lewis Pass highway, which provides access to the area’s many pleasant valleys. One of these is the Doubtful Valley, which boasts a track and two huts: one predictably called Doubtful Hut, and the other more whimsically known as Doubtless Hut. The latter hut lies near the headwaters, and recently had a welcome makeover from a volunteer team.
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​The team – Steve van Dorsser, Mark Church, Andrew Laing and George Moran – flew by helicopter to begin work. They reported: ‘We repaired the fireplace foundation, firebox and chimney to gain a fire that puts heat into the room and smoke up the chimney – not the other way round as previously.’
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old fireplace
​‘We added heat shields to timber near the fire (this was heavily charred, so it’s lucky the hut hasn't burnt down). We added a chimney cap to top it all off. The team also replaced the leadhead nails, put in new clearlite, fixed the furniture and replaced the sagging canvas bunks with wooden slats.’
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new bunk slats
​‘Quite apart from this hut being well worth a bit of attention, the Doubtless Conservation Trust is about to start trapping here soon. This hut will make a great base for our predator control work.’
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the team in action
​‘Thanks to Hammett Sheetmetal, Hanmer Springs Helicopters, and Mitre10 Ferrymead for helping with this project.’

​Great work guys, thank you.
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completed fireplace
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